On-demand single-electron transfer between distant quantum dots

Details On-demand single-electron transfer between distant quantum dots On-demand single-electron transfer between distant quantum dots

2011-07-20

arxiv.org/abs/1107.3886v1

Nature 477, 439-442 (22 September 2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1038/nature10444

Single-electron circuits of the future, consisting of a network of quantum dots, will require a mechanism to transport electrons from one functional part to another. For example, in a quantum computer[1] decoherence and circuit complexity can be reduced by separating qubit manipulation from measurement and by providing some means to transport electrons from one to the other.[2] Tunnelling between neighbouring dots has been demonstrated[3, 4] with great control, and the manipulation of electrons in single and double-dot systems is advancing rapidly.[5-8] For distances greater than a few hundred nanometres neither free propagation nor tunnelling are viable whilst maintaining confinement of single electrons. Here we show how a single electron may be captured in a surface acoustic wave minimum and transferred from one quantum dot to a second unoccupied dot along a long empty channel. The transfer direction may be reversed and the same electron moved back and forth over sixty times without error, a cumulative distance of 0.25 mm. Such on-chip transfer extends communication between quantum dots to a range that may allow the integration of discrete quantum information-processing components and devices.

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